• Awards

    in May 2026. link IOP Trusted Reviewer Award 2025 Peter Köhler auf der Kottastraverse (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Scientific reviews of manuscripts can also be rated with stars. Five stars earn you [...] geo.thws.de/studienbereich/preisverleihungen/ Data Champions 2025 Data Champions 2025 (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Accessible Science: Thanks to a team from the AWI Glaciology group it is now possible [...] line-like feature. Student Prize University of Bremen 2022 Steven Franke (Photo: Steven Franke, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) In 2022 Dr. Steven Franke was awarded the Student Prize of the Friends of the University

  • Ozone

    System from the Global Atmospheric Watch ( GAWSIS ). Overview Ozone Hovmöller diagram (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut)

  • Neumayer Station III

    III An innovative base of operations for Antarctic research Despite the hostile environs, the Alfred Wegener Institute operates a research station in the Antarctic where scientists can live and work year-round: [...] deadly; yet it also contains essential data for better understanding our planet. Accordingly, the Alfred Wegener Institute operates a research station in the Antarctic where scientists can live and work year-round [...] within the station remains within a closed loop, ensuring it is put to optimal use. (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) 1. Foundation : The station’s total weight of ca. 2,300 tonnes is distributed among

  • Permafrost Biogeochemistry

    northern Alaska. For scale: the size of the polygonal pattern is approximately 10 meter. (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Climate warming is inducing drastic changes in Arctic permafrost landscapes, such as

  • Public guided tour at the Alfred Wegener Institute

  • Polarstern sets course for the HAUSGARTEN Arctic long-term observatory

    In 1999, the Alfred Wegener Institute launched an ambitious project: the HAUSGARTEN observatory in the Fram Strait between northeast Greenland and Svalbard. Spanning ice-covered waters and extending to

  • Diatom laboratory

    Amy Forster preparing diatom slides (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The extraction of microfossil remains like diatom valves or chironomid head capsules requires a chemical preparation of sediment samples [...] keys. Chironomid head capsule of the genus Paralauterborniella sp. (Photo: Larisa Nazarova, Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems: Research Foci Staff Labs and Methods Teaching

  • DNA quantity & quality

    Next-Generation sequencing. PCR cycler (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Istitut, Levent Vorpahl) (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) 4200_TapeStation.jpg (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) Polar Terrestrial Environmental

  • DNA shearing

    DNA shearing Covaris M220 Focused-ultrasonicator™ (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) The Covaris instrument is a focused-ultrasonicator which shears DNA into smaller sized fragments to prepare genomic DNA

  • DNA isolation & library prep

    DNA isolation & library prep Fast-Prep®-24 Instrument (Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Levent Vorpahl) The FastPrep-24™ Instrument is a high-speed homogenizer for the lysis of sediment or plant samples